On June 7, 2024 the Commission of experts gathered and assessed 22 applications from foreign publishers and 26 applications from translators (including two applicants per one application, 4 in total) for publishing literary works of Latvian authors abroad. This program was financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia and supported projects in different languages. The Commission was composed of five experts: translator Dace Meiere, translator Dens Dimiņš, executive manager of platform "Latvian Literature" Rita Dementjeva, SIA “Zvaignze ABC” rights manager Santa Svaža, and poet, translator, editor Ingmāra Balode.
In total, 10 project proposals from foreign publishers and 18 (2 translators per one application, 3 in total) proposals from translators were awarded. Please see the list of supported projects below. Together experts decided to support foreign publishers with amount of 26 820 EUR and translators with amount of 26 237 EUR.
FOR PUBLISHERS
|
No. |
Author |
Publisher |
Language |
Literary Work |
Support from the Latvian Literature platform (EUR) |
|
1 |
Sergejs Timofejevs |
Asociacion La Tortuga Búlgara |
Russian-Spanish |
Dzejas izlase (Poetry compilation from different edited books in Latvia (STEREO, Replika) and the book Утро в стране интровертов |
2500 |
|
2 |
Daina Tabūna |
OÜ Hea Lugu |
Estonian |
Raganas |
2200 |
|
3 |
Daina Tabūna |
Partizanska knjiga |
Serbian |
Raganas |
3000 |
|
4 |
Anete Melece |
VšĮ Socialinių inovacijų institutas (Owner of publishing imprint “700 eilučių”) |
Lithuanian |
Kiosks |
2900 |
|
5 |
Anna Sakse |
Dolphin books Co., Ltd. |
Chinese |
Pasakas par ziediem/pasaku izlase |
3000 |
|
6 |
Agnese Vanaga |
MB “Misteris Pinkmanas” |
Lithuanian |
Sirdslietas |
3000 |
|
7 |
Edgars Katajs |
Sakuhinsha |
Japanese |
Zem desmit valstu karogiem |
3000 |
|
8 |
Kārlis Vērdiņš |
Paperiporo |
Finnish |
3 bērnu dzejas grāmatu izlase (Tētis; Jandāliņš; Burtiņu zupa) |
3000 |
|
9 |
Luīze Pastore |
Baobab |
Czech |
Laimes bērni |
3000 |
|
10 |
Aleksandrs Zapoļs (Semyon Khanin) |
Casa de Editură Max Blecher/Toma Ana Maria Intreprindere Individuala |
Russian-Romanian |
Bet ne ar to/No ne tem/Dzejas izlase |
1220 |
FOR TRANSLATORS
|
No. |
Author |
Literary Work |
Language |
Translator |
Publishing House |
|
1 |
Rasa Bugavičute-Pēce |
Puika, kurš redzēja tumsā |
Armenian |
Naira Khachatryan |
NEWMAG Publishing house |
|
2 |
Anna Auziņa |
Mājoklis. Terēzes dienasgrāmata |
Lithuanian |
Audrius Musteikis |
Slinktys |
|
3 |
Vladimir Svetlov |
Что скажешь |
Russian-Spanish |
Marco Vidal González, Antonio Sánchez Carnicero |
Asociacion La Tortuga Búlgara |
|
4 |
Sergejs Timofejevs |
Poetry compilation from different edited books in Latvia (STEREO, Replika) and the book Утро в стране интровертов |
Russian-Spanish |
Marco Vidal González, Antonio Sánchez Carnicero |
Asociacion La Tortuga Búlgara |
|
5 |
Edvīns Raups |
Putn |
Spanish |
Rafael Martín Calvo, Evija Pulkstene |
Círculo de poesía |
|
6 |
Inga Žolude |
Silta zeme |
Spanish |
Rafael Martín Calvo |
Galaxia Gutenberg |
|
7 |
Rasa Bugavičute-Pēce |
Puika, kurš redzēja tumsā |
Portuguese |
Ricardo Felipe Gonçalves Freitas |
Infinito Particular, Unipessoal Lda |
|
8 |
Daina Tabūna |
Raganas |
Estonian |
Ilze Tālberga |
Hea Lugu |
|
9 |
Rasa Bugavičute-Pēce |
Puika, kurš redzēja tumsā |
German |
Lil Reif |
Mirabilis |
|
10 |
Vilis Kasims |
Lizergīnblūzs |
German |
Lil Reif |
edition.fotoTAPETA. |
|
11 |
Daina Tabūna |
Raganas |
Serbian |
Anna Sedláčková |
Partizanska knjiga |
|
12 |
Luīze Pastore |
Laimes bērni |
Czech |
Anna Sedláčková |
Baobab |
|
13 |
Agnese Vanaga |
Sirdslietas |
Lithuanian |
Laura Laurušaitė |
Misteris Pinkmanas |
|
14 |
Kārlis Vērdiņš |
3 bērnu dzejas grāmatu izlase (Tētis; Jandāliņš; Burtiņu zupa) |
Finnish |
Mirja Hovila |
Paperiporo |
|
15 |
Ēriks Ādamsons |
Smalkās kaites |
Spanish |
Angel Emmanuel Gomez Sanchez (Amsterlitz) |
Aquelarre Ediciones |
